FC Wichita is a

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club based in

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that plays in

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's Central Region. Previously a member of the

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, FC Wichita played joined the

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in 2021 and played there until the 2023 season. For the 2025 season, FC Wichita joined the inaugural season of The League for Clubs, an amateur league associated with the

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. On January 7, 2017, FC Wichita announced the creation of a women's team. The team played in the WPSL before joining the

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League for the 2021 and 2022 seasons. After an independent season in 2023, the team returned to the WPSL and in 2025 joined the professional league WPSL PRO. On January 19, 2021, FC Wichita announced it was joining USL League Two after five seasons In the NPSL. After not playing in the USL League Two in 2024, the team announced it was joining the new amateur soccer league The League for Clubs.

Stadium

FC Wichita played its home matches from 2015 to 2017 seasons on the 2,200 capacity Tommy Peckham Championship Field at Stryker Soccer Complex in

. For the 2018 season, FC Wichita was forced to relocate for one season to Trinity Academy. Stryker Soccer Complex underwent a $22 million renovation. FC Wichita returned to Stryker Stadium for their season opener on May 25, 2019. The updated Stryker Stadium seats more than 6,000 fans.

Men's Year-by-Year

Men's Honors

2015 * NPSL South Central conference champions *

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berth * NPSL Staples “Make More Happen” Goal of the Year – Kevin Ten Eyck * All-NPSL first team – Kevin Ten Eyck & Matt Clare * 2015 NPSL Supporters XI First Team – Kevin Ten Eyck & Matt Clare * Mitre National Player of the Week for week 12 of the NPSL – Matt Clare 2016 * 2016 NPSL Staples “Make More Happen” Goal of the Year – Mark Weir * 201 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup berth * 2016 All-Conference First Team – Kevin Ten Eyck, James Togbah, Leo Sosa * 2016 All-Conference Honorable Mention – Jeffrey Kyei, Richard Osterloh * 2016 NPSL Showcase Invitation – James Togbah 2017 * 2017 Heartland Conference champions * 2017 Heartland Conference tournament champions * 2017 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup berth * Mitre National Player of the Week for week 16 of the NPSL - Matt Clare * 2017 All-Conference first team –

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, James Togbah, Mark Weir * 2017 All-Conference honorable mention – Matt Clare, Leo Sosa 2018 * 2018 US Open Cup round 3 – Wins over

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U-23 & Tulsa Roughnecks (now FC Tulsa). * 2018 Heartland Conference champions * 2018 All-Conference first team – Nelson Landaverde, Leo Sosa, Uzi Tayou, James Togbah * 2018 All-Conference honorable mention – Franck Tayou, Thomas Wells, Mark Weir 2019 * 2019 All-conference first team — Thomas Wells 2020''No awards due to no league in 2020.''

Head coaches

Larry Inlow was named the first manager for the club in September 2014. *Larry Inlow (2015) *John Markey (2016) *Steve Ralos (2017) *Blake Shumaker (2018–2019) *

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(2019–2021) *Gonzalo Carranza (2022-2023) *

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(2025–Present)

FC Wichita Women

As stated above, the FC Wichita women were announced as the first professional women's club in Wichita first competing in the

from 2017 through 2019. Inlow introduced

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alum, Whitney Berry;

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's Jami Reichenberger;

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's Peyton Vincze; and

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's Brookelynn Entz, who at the time was a high school player for Newton High. On January 18, 2021, FC Wichita announced they would join the United Women's Soccer League. After not playing in a league for the 2023 season, FC Wichita returned to the WPSL for the 2024 season. In 2025, FC Wichita will field a professional team in the newly formed WPSL PRO, and will be one of the 12 inaugural teams taking part.

Women's Year-by-Year

Women's Head coaches

Inlow announced in the introductory press conference

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women's soccer head coach
Sammy Lane
would lead the inaugural season for FC Wichita. * Sammy Lane (2017-2018) * Gonzalo Carranza (2019-2021) * Ashley Cordeiro (2022) * Kieran Laking (2023)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wichita National Premier Soccer League teams Soccer clubs in Kansas Sports in Wichita, Kansas